Dam pen ing-machine



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" F. H. WEEMS.

DAMPENING MAGHINE.

No. 488,.102-;- Patented Dec. 13 21892 E'anz E THE Nunms PETERS co.PHCTTQ-Llmll. WASHINGTON n c UNITED STATES PATENT Oiuucn.

FRANK H. WEEMS, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

DAMPEN'ING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,102, dated December13, 1892.

Application filed June 22,1891. Serial No. 397,102. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. WEEMS, of Quincy, in the county of Adamsand State of Illinois, have inven ed a certain new and usefulImprovement in Dampening-Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in machines intended moreparticularly for dampening shirts and collars, the object being toproduce a device which will facilitate the handling of the goods andwhich will avoid all possibility of the goods getting between the partsof the machine and torn.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a front elevation illustrative of my invention. Fig. II is aside or end view. Fig. III is an enlarged detail view of the flutedguide-roller. Fig. IV is a vertical section showing my invention appliedto a different form of dampening-machine to that shown in Figs. I andII, in which the parts are duplicated, the duplicated feeding and lowerdampening devices being shown and the upper feeding and dampeningdevices being omitted.

These machines have ordinarily been arranged with an inclined board orchute located as indicated by dotted lines A, Fig. II,

which receives the goods as they come from the dampening-rollers. It hasbeen found in practice that the goods will frequently catch between thelower large dampeningroller and this inclined board, and will also attimes be caught between other parts of the machine and be torn.

The object of my invention, as stated, is to avoid any possibility ofthe goods being caught and torn in any part of the machine.

1 represents anumberof guide-tapes forming endless belts, which passover the lower main dampening-roller 2 of the machine and beneath thetwo lower rollers 3 3 journaled in the frame 4 of the machine, and alsobeneath a tightening-roller 5, journaled in sliding boxes 6, held inguides 7 on the frame at, and adjusted by means of set screws 8, so aswith the weight of the tightening-roller to keep the guide-tapes 1 taut.The roller 3 is fluted or provided with flanges 9, forming grooves 10 toreceive the guide-tapes 1 and hold them in their proper relativepositions to each other.

11 is another dampening-roller hung in the extreme upper ends of theside piecesof the frame 4. Below and in frictional contact with the saidupper dampening-roller 11 and with the lower dampening-roller 2 arearranged small rollers 12, working in the troughs 13 for applying liquidto the dampening-rollers. As the machine is operated the guide-tapesmove in the direction indicated by the arrows, Fig. II, and it will beseen that they will convey the goods from the machine without any dangerof the goods being caught in the parts and torn or destrayed.

In Fig. IV I have shown my invention applied to a different form ofdampening-machine, wherein there is practically a duplication of theparts shown in Figs. I and II, which will be readily understood, and inthis form of the machine the goods pass down through the space E betweenthe two series of tapes in the direction indicated by the arrow. In thisfigure the upper feeding and dampening devices, the tightening device,and the frame are omitted.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a pair ofdampening-rollers, dampening devices for said rollers, the series ofguide-tapes for conducting the goods away from the dampening-rollers,and mechanism for holding the guide-tapes taut and causing them totravel with the dampening-rollers, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a pair of dampening-rollers, dampening devices forsaid rollers, the series of guide-tapes for conducting the goods awayfrom the dampening-rollers, the lower roller 3, the lower fluted roller3 for spacing the guide-tapes, and the roller 5 boxes sliding in theguides, tightening-roller for tightening the latter, substantially asdejournaled in the boxes, and set-screws bear- IO scribed. ing on theboxes, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a pair ofdanipen- 5 ing-rollers, dampening devicesfor said roll- FRANK H. VVEEMS.

ers, the series of guide-tapes for conducting In presence ofthe goodsaway from the dampening-rollers, CHAS. S. ROSS,

the lower rollers, the frame having guides, W. J. REYNOLDS.

